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An open letter to Northern Pulp
To the editor, Recently Northern Pulp hired Dale Paterson, a past VP of Paper Excellence, to meet with selected stakeholders in Pictou...
Opinion, Chronicle Herald
Feb 19, 2020

Northern Pulp mill will shut down by Jan. 31, as N.S. premier announces $50M transition fund
The premier of Nova Scotia says the Northern Pulp mill near Pictou, N.S., must stop pumping wastewater into lagoons near an Indigenous...
XANDER QUON, GLOBAL NEWS
Dec 20, 2019

Northern Pulp to consider its 'future' as N.S. calls for more work on effluent plan
Nova Scotia Environment Minister Gordon Wilson says he does not have enough information to properly assess the potential effects to the...
Michael Gorman · CBC News
Dec 17, 2019

NORTHERN PULP’S “POLITICAL GAME”
The story of the bleached kraft pulp mill in Pictou County, which has already dragged on for 53 years, is coming to a nail-biting climax....
JOAN BAXTER, THE NATIONAL OBSERVER
Nov 21, 2019


Concerned groups urge Nova Scotia to reject Northern Pulp’s plan to pump effluent into strait
The Northern Pulp mill’s plan to pump treated wastewater into the Northumberland Strait lacks information and minimizes the risk to...
Keith Doucette, The Globe & Mail
Nov 19, 2019

Hundreds march in Pictou Landing in support of Northern Pulp deadline
Hundreds donned red T-shirts to the march in Pictou Landing Friday. (Craig Paisley/CBC) Dressed in red T-shirts, more than 300 people...
Brooklyn Currie · CBC News
Oct 4, 2019


OPINION: #NoPipe activists won’t pipe down
Fishermen Mike and Wayne Noel. OPINION: RONNIE HEIGHTON Lobster traps are out of the water now, as fishermen along the Northumberland...
Ronnie Heighton, Chronicle Herald
Jul 5, 2019


Northern Pulp expects to have report ordered by province ready by September
Officials with the company that owns the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County have told their employees they expect to complete the...
Michael Gorman · CBC News
Jul 5, 2019

Province says it needs more details to make decision on Northern Pulp effluent plan
Caribou Island fisherman Allan MacCarthy said he was pleased with the minister's decision. (Allison Devereaux/CBC) The Nova Scotia...
Michael Gorman · CBC News
Mar 29, 2019

NORTHERN PULP’S ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS: MISSING MERCURY, A PULP MILL THAT NEVER WAS, AND OODLES OF
Cover photo: “Point D,” where treated Northern Pulp wastewater currently flows from Boat Harbour into the Northumberland Strait, just a...
Joan Baxter, The Halifax Examiner
Mar 7, 2019
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